Course Content

This is a hands-on programming short course, the first part of a study of the C/C++ family of languages used to build most of the world's computing systems.

The introductory Programming with C/C++ course starts with programming basics, then focuses on applying programming practice to the C/C++ programming language. It teaches key features of imperative programming using C and is an ideal preliminary to the "Object-Oriented Programming Using C++" short course.

Students are exposed to programming problems and their solutions that highlight key features of imperative programming. You will be given numerous examples and gain transferable knowledge for any programming domain you may wish to progress on to.

Some of the teaching covers the common integrated development environments (IDEs) popular on Windows operating systems; however, all the examples are compatible with compilers running on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X environments.

Why study the Introduction to Programming Course?

Split over 10 weekly evening lessons and taught by an experienced tutor, this course is a great way to get started in programming. By the end of the course you will be able to write a program in C – a fantastic way to develop new skills within programming .

The course is hands-on and you will spend a lot of time developing your coding skills.

Tutor Info

Kosmas Kosmopoulos has a lot of experience in teaching a broad range of computing-related courses from Business Information Systems to web development. He is currently teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, in a number of institutions including City, University of London, Huron University, Middlesex University and the University of Westminster.

His research interests are in the areas of Sensor Networks, Global Computing, Mobile Learning and Mobile Commerce.

Eligibility

Computer literacy.

English Requirements

Applicants must be proficient in written and spoken English.

What will I learn?

On the Introduction to Programming Using C/C++ course, you will learn: